Residential and transitional centres

Community residential facilities

Corrective Services manages residential facilities for men and women. In some instances the Courts order offenders to participate in a diversionary program at one of the residential facilities rather than go into custody.

The facilities include:

Miruma

Miruma opened in 2011 on the grounds of the Cessnock Correctional Complex. It is a residential community-based diversionary program for female offenders with co-existing disorders.

Miruma aims to provide high level of effective case management to address offending behaviour and provide the female residents with the skills to be able to live independently and productively in the community.

Phone: 02 4993 2212
Fax: 02 4993 2249

Balund-a

Balund-a in Tabulam is an innovative residential diversionary program for male offenders 18 years old and over.

Phone: 02 6660 8600
Fax: 02 6660 8636

Transitional centres

CSNSW manages two transitional centres which provide support to female offenders approaching release from custody.

This transitional support is designed to help the women successfully return to the community and minimise their risk of re-offending.

Bolwara

Bolwara in Emu Plains focuses on Aboriginal women and provides support for women who have histories of alcohol and other drug use.

Phone: 02 8832 4020

Parramatta Transitional Centre 

Parramatta Transitional Centre supports female inmates serving longer sentences who are also preparing for release.

Phone: 02 8832 4000